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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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